Tahiti's two distinct surfing seasons allow both inexperienced and expert surfers to take advantage of the varying swells. Travelers can head to several surf spots on the island: Papara ...

For the experts who train their whole lives to surf them, it doesn't get much better ... With a proper swell, the 2024 event in Tahiti should be a fireworks show. If a jaw-dropping event ...

As the grind of the World Surf League tour began to wear her down ... me a chance and opportunity to spend some more time down in Tahiti, which has been such a fun process and something I ...

First up, Tereva David of Tahiti, widely respected as one of the wisdom keepers of the world’s heaviest wave, Teahupo’o. To surf in Tahiti is to experience surfing unlike almost anywhere else.

An curved arrow pointing right. Watch stunt rider Robbie Maddison from Australia as he rides his dirt bike over Tahiti waves. Video courtesy of Reuters Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from ...

The village annually hosts the Billabong Pro Tahiti surf competition as part of the Association of Surfing Professionals World surfing circuit. Teahupo’o has a reputation as having some of the ...

Yet many surf breaks are subject to coastal erosion, water pollution and other threats. The surfing event in Tahiti for this year's Olympics is a case in point: it involved drilling into delicate ...

"Japan was a beach break and a lot of wind. It was really hard waves to surf. And Tahiti is just an amazing island with a perfect lefthander. "It usually is barreling, so it's a super-nice wave. It ...

Surfing will be held at Teahupo’o in Tahiti, considered one of the world's most dangerous waves. Since age 13, Moore has competed on the WSL Tour — winning women's world titles in 2011 ...

But for people who have always dreamed of getting up close to the bombing barrels in Tahiti or the building-size surf at Nazare in Portugal, here’s a way to do it – without risking your life.

The Paia surfer enjoyed a stellar finals day at the Air Tahiti Rangiroa Pro, winning the World Surf League Qualifying Series 1,000 event in 2- to 3-foot, clean conditions. The result also secured ...